Overtime pay protest.

• Position: On the Line - Brief Article

Washington, D.C.

Union members marched outside the Labor Department on June 30 to protest the plan to reclassify millions of workers to make them ineligible for overtime pay. The new rules would allow companies to treat employees as managers, even if the bulk of their time is spent doing nonmanagement duties, such as cleaning and stocking shelves. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the changes will mean the...